Nikon mount and Nikon 18-300 zoom

[Philip Aromando]

Does anyone have experience shooting a Nikon 18-300 lens with the new Nikon mount? It's not one of the lenses listed as supported on the Red website. I'm fine if non-support means lack of auto focus or auto iris. I'm more concerned about vignetting or any other issues the lens may have with the sensor.

Thanks,
Phil

 

[M.D. Biemann]

Hi Phil... the Nikon 18/3000mm is my "walkaround" documentary lens on the Scarlet. Autofocus is actually working... don't know about auto iris... Never used that and did not even know it existed ;-)

Sensor and cropping did not give me any problems so far...

The setup gives you a great option if switching lenses (in the field or financially) is not an option... You might want to pick up a lens with better low light capacity for darker indoors. Unless you blast a lot of light (which might not be feasible coz "in the field or financially") the lens gets dark fast...

 

[Philip Aromando]

Thanks for the notes, M.D. Good to hear.

Main need for this lens is for shooting sports outdoors so the speed isn't too much of an issue. That being said we will probably find uses for it indoors under the right circumstances (sports arenas lit for broadcast). Very glad you haven't noticed any cropping issues though.

Thanks again,
Phil

 

[Steve Sherrick]

Some of the older Nikon zooms with the single ring zoom/focus mechanism are pretty nice for sports. I have one but it happens to have a loose ring so not perfect. I believe there is an 80-200 that Steve Gibby has talked about in the past that is great for sports and nature. Some of the older zooms are in that F4 or F4.5 range. The 80-200 is an F2.8 I think.

 

[Daniel Murphy]

Some of the older Nikon zooms with the single ring zoom/focus mechanism are pretty nice for sports. I have one but it happens to have a loose ring so not perfect. I believe there is an 80-200 that Steve Gibby has talked about in the past that is great for sports and nature. Some of the older zooms are in that F4 or F4.5 range. The 80-200 is an F2.8 I think.

Any back focus issues with 80-200 2.8 Nikkor zooms in newer or older models?

 

[Steve Sherrick]

Any back focus issues with 80-200 2.8 Nikkor zooms in newer or older models?

More often then not they don't hold focus through the zoom. Others may have different experience, but that has been mine.

 

[Daniel Murphy]

Where still zooms stop around $2000 cinema equivalents begin over $30K. Wonder if anyone will ever make a 50-300 cinema lens with proper focus marks between $10 and $20K? Seems like an underserved market. Would hate to spend $40k on a lens that may not cover next generation of sensors.